Pennsylvania HB 1557: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in COVID-19 enforcement officer disability benefits, further providing for enforcement officer disability benefits.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1841
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1557
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, JUNE 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 4, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in COVID-19 enforcement officer
disability benefits, further providing for enforcement
officer disability benefits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 57A02 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 57A02. Enforcement officer disability benefits.
(a) [General rule] Compensation.--A person covered under
section 1(a) of the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193),
referred to as the Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law,
who, during the duration of a declaration of a disaster
emergency for COVID-19 declared by the Governor, contracts or is
diagnosed with [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as
identified in the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by
the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March
21, 2020),] COVID-19 or is subject to quarantine resulting from
exposure to COVID-19, and by reason thereof is temporarily
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incapacitated from performing his duties, shall be compensated
in accordance with section 1(a) of the Enforcement Officer
Disability Benefits Law.
(b) Limitation.--A benefit received under subsection (a)
shall be limited to 60 days for each incident.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"COVID-19." The coronavirus disease 2019, being an
infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 that was first identified during December 2019 in
Wuhan, China.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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